Research Article
Factors Associated with Singleton Preterm Birth in Shire Suhul General Hospital, Northern Ethiopia, 2018
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents in Shire Suhul General Hospital, Northwest Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018 (n=325).
| Variables | Variable category | Frequency | Percent (%) |
| Age in year | < 35 | 273 | 84 | ≥ 35 | 52 | 16 | Marital status | Single | 13 | 4 | Married | 306 | 94.2 | Widowed | 4 | 1.2 | Divorced | 2 | 0.6 | Religion | Orthodox | 288 | 88.6 | Muslim | 35 | 10.8 | Protestant | 2 | 0.6 | Residence | Rural | 137 | 42.2 | Urban | 188 | 57.8 | Occupation | Student | 15 | 4.6 | Merchants | 64 | 19.7 | Housewife | 201 | 61.8 | Governmental workers | 47 | 14.5 | Educational status | Primary or less | 252 | 77.5 | Secondary education | 10 | 3.1 | Postsecondary education | 63 | 19.4 | Family size | 2-4 | 189 | 58.2 | >=5 | 136 | 41.8 | Suffering from a heavy workload | Yes | 21 | 6.5 | No | 304 | 93.5 | Monthly income of the family in birr | 150-650 | 50 | 15.4 | 651-1400 | 74 | 22.8 | 1401-2350 | 91 | 28 | 2351-3550 | 65 | 20 | 3551-5000 | 29 | 8.9 | >5000 | 16 | 4.9 |
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